"Are you hoping it will help in the long term?" asked ABC7's Moneyscope reporter David Louie.

"Yes, I'm willing to sacrifice some of my days and my pay," said Melvin.

Neighboring businesses, like the Taqueria Las Vegas across the street, have seen their business drop 30 to 35 percent.

"We're debating whether or not to even stay open in the evening. It's gotten to the point where we either close down at 4 o'clock, call it a day, or do we continue. We're hurting, just like everyone else," said Taqueria Las Vegas co-owner Francisco Rodriguez.

There are a lot of crossed fingers that the NUMMI plant will survive these troubled economic times and be here for the comeback later in the year or perhaps next year.

But it's others, who did not want to go on-camera, told ABC7 that it appears Washington has picked certain industries and certain companies that they would like to see survive and others which will be left to fight it on their own.